Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollars' worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the entire African continent. Yet the rising t……続きを見る
Invisible Blackness explores the complex lives of Creoles of mixed race born in Louisiana to enslaved women and the white men who enslaved them. Individuals such as Alice Thomasson Grice forged thei……続きを見る
In a small Illinois town, piano prodigy Ned Godwin is living in a world vibrating with the optimism of youth and the sweet promise of success. But in one heart-stopping moment, the young man's journ……続きを見る
著者:Eagle Glassheim
出版社: University of Pittsburgh Press
発売日: 2024年07月01日
In this innovative study of the aftermath of ethnic cleansing, Eagle Glassheim examines the transformation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland from the end of the Second World War, through the Cold War,……続きを見る
As the Cold War came to a close, a new informational economy and society emerged in the last decade of the 20th century. As such, new approaches to the flow of information were needed. This historic……続きを見る
When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents belonging to his late aunt, Priscilla, he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him and what he would learn about her……続きを見る
Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges.
In his series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late……続きを見る
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.
Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James ……続きを見る
Son muchas las voces de intelectuales que desde hace tiempo resuenan con fuerza y pasión en América Latina contra el capital, contra las falencias, injusticias, desigualdades y tiranías que genera, ……続きを見る
A fascinating and dramatic investigation into the events that led to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister against the odds.
‘A gripping story of Churchill’s unlikely rise to power’ Observer
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The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France.
For Priscilla, pre-war Paris was an exciting carousel of suitors, soirées……続きを見る
This book provides a detailed analysis of the core concepts of national identity articulated by Iberian writers during the period between 1900 and 1925. It is centered on four "pedagogical" essays w……続きを見る
ON that eventful morning nearly four centuries ago, when the spell of uncertainty and mystery which enshrouded the Atlantic was broken, and the darkness of the deep vanished with the darkness of the……続きを見る
This book provides an overview and analysis of the thought of figures across the human and social sciences on the character, causes, and consequences of discontent in modern societies. Exploring the……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Sheppard
出版社: Naval Institute Press
発売日: 2021年03月15日
Commanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic tells the story of the creation of the American Navy. Rather than focus on the well-known frigate duels and fleet engagements, Thomas ……続きを見る
O grande terramoto de Lisboa, que aconteceu na manhã do Dia de Todos os Santos de 1755, não foi um mero abalo – foi um momento que desestabilizou os pilares de uma ordem social inveterada e enviou o……続きを見る
Although current environmental debates lay the focus on the Industrial Revolution as a sociopolitical development that has led to the current environmental crisis, many ecocritical projects have avo……続きを見る
Building on contributions from sociology, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, literature, and neuroscience, Henricks develops a more general account of how people discover and reproduce the "meani……続きを見る
Focusing on the years between 1750 and 1860, this study follows the creation and perpetuation of an imperial culture, from the London metropole to the Great Plains.
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Woodland Park, at an altitude of nearly 8,500 feet, is located 18 miles west of Colorado Springs along the north slope of Pikes Peak in eastern Teller County. Much of the history of the West passed ……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Sherwood
出版社: Library of Alexandria
発売日: 2025年09月28日
There are divers cauſes of this diſeaſe. The firſt is ſin, which ought to be repented of. The ſecond an infected and corrupted air, which ſhould be avoided. The third an evill diet, which ſhould be ……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Shea
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2018年08月31日
Fifty years into the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) regime, the risks of nuclear war, terrorism, and the threat of further proliferation remain. A lack of significant progress towards disarm……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Shevory
出版社: University of Minnesota Press
発売日: 2017年10月24日
The Great Lakes are a remarkable repository of millions of years of complex geological transformations and of a considerably shorter, crowded span of human history. Over the course of four summers, ……続きを見る
Masterfully fulfilled by Peter Fedynsky, Voice of America journalist and expert on Ukrainian studies, this first ever English translation of the complete Kobzar brings out Ukraine's rich cultural he……続きを見る
2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
2020 Center for the Study of the American West (CSAW) Award for Outstanding Western Book Finalist
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was the worst ecological disaster ……続きを見る
Masterfully fulfilled by Peter Fedynsky, Voice of America journalist and expert on Ukrainian studies, this first ever English translation of the complete Kobzar brings out Ukraine's rich cultural he……続きを見る
During an armed conflict or period of gross human rights violations, the first priority is a cessation of violence. For the cease-fire to be more than a lull in hostilities and atrocities, however, ……続きを見る
著者:Thomas Sheridan
出版社: Library of Alexandria
発売日: 2025年09月28日
Vorspiel Nun stiegen sie schon die zweite Stufenreihe hinunter. Immer sahen sie auf der anderen Seite die schwarzen Schatten, die sich wie sie selbst bewegten. Die Wasser rauschten langsam. Als sie ……続きを見る
著者:Nicholas Shrady
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年04月10日
The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and sent reverberations throughout the Western world. E……続きを見る
著者:Ray Grasshoff
出版社: Ray Grasshoff
発売日: 2015年05月08日
In 1854, Wilhelm F. Kempe, 26, and his sister Auguste, 20, left their native Kingdom of Saxony in Europe for a new home in Texas. Remaining in Saxony were their aging, widowed father and a 10-year-o……続きを見る